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Encyclopedia > Province of Naples
Province of Naples
Nation  Italy
Region Campania
Capital Naples
Area 1,171 km²
Population (2005) 3,092,859
Density 2,641
Comuni 92
Vehicle Registration NA
Postal Code 80121-80147 (capital); 80010-80079 (other communes)
Telephone Prefix 081
ISTAT 063
President Riccardo Di Palma
Map highlighting the location of the province of Naples in Italy


The province of Naples (Italian: Provincia di Napoli) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Naples. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Napoli-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... The Bay of Naples Naples (Italian: , Neapolitan: Nàpule, from Greek Νεάπολη < Νέα Πόλις Néa Pólis New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of the Campania region and the Province of Naples. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per given unit volume. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background, with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration plates). ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links Napoli_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... The Bay of Naples Naples (Italian: , Neapolitan: Nàpule, from Greek Νεάπολη < Νέα Πόλις Néa Pólis New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of the Campania region and the Province of Naples. ...

Map of the province of Naples.
Map of the province of Naples.

It has an area of 1,171 km², and a total population of 3,092,859 (2005). There are 92 comuni in the province[1], see Comuni of the Province of Naples.
Main communes (as of 2005-11-30): Image File history File links Napoli_map. ... Image File history File links Napoli_map. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The following is a list of the 92 comuni of the Province of Naples, Campania, in Italy. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...

Comune Population
Naples 983,797
Giugliano in Campania 108,492
Torre del Greco 88,540
Pozzuoli 82,503
Casoria 81,871
Castellammare di Stabia 65,794
Afragola 63,483
Marano di Napoli 58,978
Portici 57,062
Ercolano 55,310
Acerra 50,726
Casalnuovo di Napoli 50,235

Giugliano in Campania is a town in the province of Napoli, Campania, Italy. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Pozzuoli is a city of the province of Napoli, in the Italian region of Campania. ... Country Italy Region Campania Province Province of Naples (NA) Mayor Elevation 70 m Area 12. ... Castellammare di Stabia is a comune in the Province of Naples, Campania region, Italy. ... Afragola is an important city of southern Italy. ... Country Italy Region Campania Province Province of Naples (NA) Mayor Elevation 160 m Area 15. ... Portici is a city of Campania, Italy, in the Province of Naples, 5 miles southeast of Naples by railway, on the shores of the bay, and at the foot of Vesuvius. ... Herculaneum (in modern Italian formerly Resina, but since 1969 Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town of the Italian region of Campania. ... Acerra is a city of Campania, Italy, about 9 miles north-east of Naples, in the Naples country. ... Country Italy Region Campania Province Province of Naples (NA) Mayor Elevation 26 m Area 7. ...

External links

  • Provincia di Napoli homepage (Italian)


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In 1472, in the drastic redistribution of the Italian Provinces by the Vicar General, Christopher Martignoni, the houses in the Kingdom of Naples were separated from the Province of Rome.
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In 1847, after the restoration of the Bourbons, the Province of Naples was re-constituted from seven houses formerly of the Provinces of Puglia, Rome, and Abruzzo.
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